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by Sheldon Krimsky, 256 pp, $35.95, ISBN 0-8018-6279-5, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

JAMA. 2000;284:2380.

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Hormonal Chaos presents a synthesis of science, policy, the media, and the personalities in the controversial new area of environmental health known as "endocrine disruption," including the natural and synthetic chemicals involved.

The author, Sheldon Krimsky, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy at Tufts University. His book is well written and a delight to read. It is ideal for a health care provider on vacation who wishes to know more about endocrine disruptors, key scientists and other players, media coverage, and the reaction of Congress to this perceived new health hazard. It is not meant for the health care professional who wishes an in-depth toxicologic or endocrinologic review of this topic.

Endocrine disruption refers to endocrine responses noted in laboratory animals and humans from some synthetic and naturally occurring compounds. These include dioxins and dioxinlike chemicals, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), other chlorinated organics . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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